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Night scene of firemen pulling a fire engine out of a firehouse bay past a gas street lamp and brick townhouses.

Lithograph, "The Life of a Fireman Series - The night alarm"

Firemen in dark coats and caps haul a hand-drawn fire engine out of an open firehouse bay at night, pulling its ropes through the street. A gas lamp lights the brick townhouse façade and the running crew.

Artist
Currier & Ives
Date
1880
Medium
paper (overall material)
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
2240 × 1457 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1880).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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